es.ter is the personal name of the woman identified as queen, whose actions and commands shape the events narrated in Esther.

The term is used throughout Esther as a proper personal name, identifying the woman called Esther in family, royal, and public settings. The supplied verses do not show separate lexical senses; they repeatedly name the same person as she is brought to the king, becomes queen, communicates with Mordecai and the king, hosts feasts, pleads for her people, and issues an authoritative command.

1. Personal name of Esther · dominant

   Every supplied token is decoded as a proper noun and identifies the same woman. In Esther 2:7 the APB renders her identification alongside Hadassah and her adoption by Mordecai; in Esther 2:17 it describes the king making her queen, while Esther 8:3 portrays her pleading before the king concerning Haman's plot and Esther 9:32 names her command establishing the Purim matter.

   Esther 2:7Esther 2:17Esther 8:3Esther 9:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB normally presents the proper noun as "Esther" and sometimes adds the title "Queen Esther," as in Esther 7:3. The title and surrounding actions should not be treated as separate renderings of the name itself.