הדס a myrtle tree from the Myrtaceae family.

Queen esther real name. Queen Vashti refused to be paraded before everyone. Esther was a descendant of King Saul. 13a and she was brought up by Mordecai as his daughter.

Following this she was adopted by her cousin Mordecai Esther 27. She was a Jewess of the tribe of Benjamin daughter of Abihail and bore before her accession to the throne the name of Edissa HDSH HàdàssƒÅh myrtle. She was of the tribe of Benjamin and lived during the time Israel was exiled and eventually became queen who saved her entire people.

There she was forced to prepare herself for her first night with the King by spending six months doused in oil of myrrh and another six in sweet odors ointments. In Esther Chapter 2 royal eunuchs advised Ahasuerus to look for a new queen. Esther Queen of Persia and wife of Assuerus who is identified with Xerxes 485-465 BC.

Queen Esthers birth name was Hadassah a Hebrew name that means myrtle Myrtles are beautiful trees and this name may have alluded to her supernatural beauty. 02202013 1142 am ET Updated Apr 22 2013. According to the Book of Esther Esther was a Hebrew woman in Persia whose birth name was Hadassah.

First identifies Esther with Amestris because of the similar consonants within the two names. הדסה was one of the names of Queen Esther the heroine of the Purim story and is now given to Jewish girls. The story of Esther begins with a grand banquet at the palace of King Ahasuerus also referred to as King Xerxes.

The name is of biblical origin first cited in the Scroll of Esther 27 And Mordechai had raised Hadassah she is Esther. An orphan raised by her uncle young Esther was taken against her will as a beautiful virgin to Persian King Ahasueruss harem. She was the daughter of Abihail and had become an orphan in her childhood.