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[Updated: 2019.04.25]
nëphꞋësh; pl. ðÀôÈùÑåÉú (nᵊphâsh•ōtꞋ);
The Hebrew concepts of ðôù, øåÌçÇ and ðÀùÑÈîÈä were refinements of the Egyptian (and other ancient, idolatrous Middle Eastern myth systems) amalgamation of the ka, the ba and the akh.. In Ta•na"khꞋ, however, all dâm-circulating animals, as living beings (in contrast to lower animals and plants), were, by nature of their dependence upon circulating dâm, deemed to have a ðôù.
Ancient scientists noticed that loss of a certain quantity of dâm was inextricably coupled with loss of ðôù. Thus, they (illogically) concluded the ðôù must be in the dâm. But äÈòåÉìÈí äÄùÑÀúÌÇðÌÈä (mundus mutatus)! Mankind today recognizes that the ancients mistook a mysterious life force vector in the dâm that they could not identify or explain—O2—for the ðôù! Realization of this ancient error (still promulgated by Dark Ages clerics of all denominations—except Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ), upon which the whole sacrificial system was based, necessitates a complete review of the purpose of zᵊvâkh•imꞋ to develop a far broader and better—scientifically—informed picture of its intended duration and application today.
As the nëphꞋësh of creat-ures of (i.e. created by) the Creator (the perceived god), their nëphꞋësh was the property of its Creator. Thus, man had no legitimate right to consume a nëphꞋësh, which, it was believed, was in the dâm and must be returned to its Creator by relegating it to the earth or in the smoke of fire. This was packaged with the pre-Sin•aiꞋ, inherited belief that when a transgression was committed against a god, blighting one’s nëphꞋësh, then a vicarious nëphꞋësh was required in restitution; and the nëphꞋësh was believed to reside in the dâm. Thus, the blighted nëphꞋësh had to be replaced and renewed by sacrificing a sacred animal and supplying (returning) its nëphꞋësh (in the dâm of the sacrificed sacred animal) to its Creator, either via the earth or in the smoke of fire. This was the core engine of ancient sacrificial belief systems into which Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ, and Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ, were born. 
ðôù was Hellenized in LXX as ψυχή (Latin “psyche”) and popularly Anglicized from German to "soul."
In LXX, Hellenists comprehended no distinction between ðôù and ðÀùÑÈîÈä. The two are both rendered by ψυχή—which explains the confusion in subsequent translations.
) – Originalist vs LiteralistYour ðôù is an inherent part of you—your individual, characteristic, self-defining sentience; your awareness of yourself relative to é‑‑ä, your free will. Like the øåÌçÇ, the ðôù is also a part of you that continues after shedding your body. (The body, being physical, is confined to this physical universe. Therefore, it cannot make the transition into the non-dimensional domain of hâ-ō•lâmꞋ ha-bâꞋ.) The universe is the Creator’s laboratory and the purpose of life is for each of us to individually learn, and decide whether we will, subordinate the ðÀùÑÈîÈä, ðôù and øåÌçÇ to the Purpose (i.e. Will) of é‑‑ä; and to differentiate those who succeed in doing so (in their life practice, not talk) from those who fail to do so.
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