Neb
A neb is a bill or beak, as of a bird.
When a dove returned with an olive leaf in its neb, Noah knew it was safe to leave the ark.
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. (Genesis 8:11, NASB)
Note: This oil on canvas of the return of the dove to the ark was painted by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) in 1851. It resides in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
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