וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מומכן [מְמוּכָ֗ן] לִפְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים לֹ֤א עַל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ עָוְתָ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה כִּ֤י עַל־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִים֙ וְעַל־כָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֕ר בְּכָל־מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃
האָט ממוכָן געזאָגט פֿאַר דעם מלך און די האַרן: ניט אַקעגן מלך אַלײן האָט פֿאַרבראָכן די מלכּה וַשתּי, נאָר אַקעגן אַלע האַרן, און אַקעגן אַלע פֿעלקער װאָס אין אַלע מדינות פֿון מלך אַחַשוֵרוֹש.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Memucan said” [1:16]. Haman said. This was Memucan who was prepared for all troubles.22B. Megillah, 12b. Haman said, not only did Vashti disgrace the king, but it is not right for the ministers. Their wives will also not do what their husbands will tell them to do, just like the queen did to the king. Therefore, it should be written in the annals of the Persians and Medes that the queen did not want to come and her throne should be given to another woman. That is to say, he said, “to another who is better than her” [1:19]. This means, a woman should be selected who is good in her own right, who is not noble and is not descended from a king. A woman who has a noble pedigree considers herself important and does not take care of her husband. Therefore, he says, “better than her” [1:19], she who is good in her own right.
Rashi
Has aggrieved. An expression of iniquity [עָוֹן].29From the root עוה. However, according to the Ibn Ezra the root is עות meaning to act perversely.