On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Kenneth Gorelick wrote: #I KNOW that YHWH is pronounced "adonai"--how does one pronounce SKZB? We do that nowadays; in the time of the Temple the High Priest pronounced it with vowels that are now unknown. I'll answer in the same tradition, using approximate International Phonetic Alphabet. 1. Either [skzb] with syllabic [z], or [sti:v] (i.e., "Steve"). #Not to mention MXYZPTLK. 2. The Superman lettercol gave two answers in the days when I was reading it as a kid and a teenager. My quotes are approximate in wording/spelling, but I'm sure of the content. a. "Just as it's spelled." I make that three syllables, [m'ksIz.ptlk], with syllabic [m] and [l]. b. "mix-YEZ-pitellick". -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel