[Just mythoughts]

What does ‘ruddy’ mean...? To show ‘blood’ in the face, fair complexion. How was David described? The devil is working overtime sewing confusion, and the masses sup it up!!! Oh, lest anyone get the idea race is used by the Creator as definition of superiority, they are Biblically illiterate.

[Varda]

“ruddy” means red. Pale complexion is the northern european meaning of the word. The Egyptians weren’t pale and considered themselves “red” as compared to the peoples south of them which they depicted as black.. Given that the Jews spent centuries in Egypt, I opt for that meaning.