The word "covenant" means 'agreement' (from Latin "con-venio" 'to agree' lit. 'to come together'): the use of the word "testament", which describes the different idea of written instructions for inheritance after death, to refer to the covenant with Israel in the Old Testament, is foreign to the original Hebrew word "brit" (בְּרִית) describing it, which only means 'alliance, covenant, pact' and never 'inheritance instructions after death'. This use comes from the transcription of Latin "testamentum" 'will (left after death)', a literal translation of Greek "diatheke" (διαθήκη) 'will (left after death)', which is the word used to translate Hebrew "brit" in the Septuagint.