And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and fair of appearance — Goliath's *vayitbat*, looked at, followed by *vayibzihu*, disdained him, represents the judgment of the visible: the warrior sees a boy, *na'ar*, small, *adom va'yafeh*, ruddy and beautiful. The description invokes the language of David's anointing (1 Sam. 16:12), the same physical beauty that marked him for kingship now ironically makes him appear harmless to his enemy. Goliath's *bazui*, disdain, is the contempt of the mighty for the weak, yet it blinds him to the possibility that strength might manifest in forms the visible world cannot measure.

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