George Leo Haydock, on Esth 2:7

“And he had brought up his brother’s daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter.”

“Brothers. Josephus, ([Antiquities?] xi. 6.) the old Latin version of the Syriac, Abenezra, &c., suppose that Mardochai was uncle to Esther. But the Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, and Chaldean assert that he was only her cousin. Septuagint, “daughter of Aminadab, (or rather Abihail, ver. 15.) his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and after her parents were dead, he educated her for a wife;” eis gunaika , as some Rabbins also maintain, believing she was an heiress. Yet other Greek copies, Hebrew, &c., read, “he educated her as a daughter, thugatera : for the damsel was very beautiful.” He had probably adopted her. (Calmet) — Edissa. Hebrew hadassa, (Haydock) or Hadassah, signified “of myrtle.” (Menochius) — Esther, “a sheep.” (Calmet)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.