Thoughts on Yahoah???

[votivesoul]

Has anyone come across the idea that the Tetragrammaton (yod hay vov hay) is actually supposed to be pronounced Ya-Ho-Ah (or possibly Ya-Hoo-Ah)?

The idea is that the first syllable, made up of the yod and hay is correctly pronounced "yah" as in the word hallelujah which means "praise ye Yah".

Then, the next letter, the vov is actually supposed to be pronounced like an "o" or "u". An example given is the name Eliljah in Hebrew, which is pronounced and transliterated Eli-Yahu, or Yah is my God (Consider also Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).

Further evidence is given from the Hebrew name of Jesus, which is Yehoshua. It is spelled yod hay vov shin vov ayin in which, both uses of vov demonstrate, not a "v" or "w" sound (as in Jehova or Yahweh) but rather an o/u sound.

And finally, since the name ends with hay, as in other Hebrew words/names, when they end the same way (i.e. with a hay) it makes for a barely aspirated "ah" sound).

Putting it all together then, the Tetragrammaton should be pronounced thusly:

Yah-(as in hallelujah)-O/OO-(from the vov being pronounced like an o/u as in the name Yehoshua or "Yah saves")-ah (as in the small aspirated sound from any Hebrew word or name that ends in hay

Ya-ho-ah

What do you all think?

Personally, I've seen such an idea casually dismissed, but I've never seen anyone offer proof that such a dismissal is warranted.