The Sacred Names Movement (Part 2) We are told by Jewish "TRADITION" that The Tetragrammaton was ONLY used by The Kohen HaGodol (High Priest), once a year on Yom Kippur in The Most Holy Part of The Temple. However, an examination of The Book of Tehillim (Psalms), in Hebrew, shows us that in his prayers, King David used The Tetragrammaton!  Obviously, he was not even of The Tribe of Levi (The Priestly Tribe), and by his use of The Tetragrammaton, he knew how to pronounce it. So here, we have an example in The Bible from a Patriarch that it ideally should be used in prayer!  So to me, this proves that Jewish "TRADITION" is again wrong to have changed this practice. Apparently, King David used The Tetragrammaton in prayer and obviously did so IN REVERENCE to The Most High!  Yet it is the RABBINICAL CLAIM that it is because of REVERENCE that they supress using The Tetragrammaton!  So since now i've covered the fact that whatever Name we use, we should always use in reverence and humility, and that it was unScriptural for the rabbinim to supress The Name, I see the only basic issue left as being the pronounciation.  Here is my take on it:  I have seen some articles claiming that the vav was historically pronounced like a "w" and that the "v" pronouciation was from the later European influence and Eshkanasi Jews.  This I believe, since I have seen more than one article with such claims, and yet not much of anything to support the side that would pronounce the vav as "v". Also, in "A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew (Revised Edition), by C.L. Seow, near the beginning where it gives the alphabet with letter pronounciations, it claims that the name of the vav" is really "waw" and that its "classical pronounciation" is "w", (as in 'way''"). Then it claims that it's "MODERN PRONOUNCIATION" is "v as in 'van'". (end of quotes from this book). ||  Also, since we know for sure the consonants, I prefer putting stress on those letters, and only pronouncing the vowels as CAN'T BE HELPED BECAUSE OF THE SOUND PRODUCED BY THE MOUTH AND THROAT FROM USING TWO CONSONANTS ONE AFTER THE OTHER. For example: The sound between the yud and the first he would have to be a soft "a", "e" "i" or "o". Since it would be a "SOFT" sound, there would not be much difference of the actual sound itself. Between the first he and the vav would have no consonental sound at all to my own hearing. And between the vav and the second he would have to have a consonental sound not as soft as as the SOFT consonental sound between the yud and the first he because it would come after a vav. But I choose not to make it so much of an issue. Rather, again, I have decided to place my emphasis on the consonants themselves, and whatever comes out of my mouth in-between for the consonental sound it what will stand in how I pronounce The Name. In this way, the actual spelling of This Name is not as important as how it is pronounced. Keep in mind, however, that I am not a linguist, and I believe in asking Guidance from The Master Himself Above through Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit) in this matter as I should in every other matter. And last point: I do not believe in "throwing out the baby with the bath water". Just because many in "The Sacred Names Movement" appear to be nasty legalists does not mean that in general, they don't make some valid points. If I was to simply dismiss every claim they made because of their general demeaner, then by that reasoning, I would have to also do the same about anything to do with Jewish