שופטים, פרק ט״ז, פסוק י״ד

In her third attempt to neutralize Samson's strength, Delilah shifts her strategy. Instead of using external ropes or cords, she acts directly on his body. She waits for him to reach his most vulnerable state, performing her work while he is fast asleep. This timing is essential. As a Nazirite, Samson was strictly forbidden from even combing his hair, out of fear that a strand might be pulled out. He would never have allowed her to handle and weave his locks while he was awake, forcing her to wait until he was completely asleep [מצודת דוד].

Taking advantage of his slumber, she weaves his hair into a loom. To secure him, she forcefully fastens the woven locks around a round wooden peg, which weavers traditionally used to wrap the finished threads of a garment [רד״ק, מצודת ציון]. She pins the hair tightly to the apparatus to test whether he can break free from this intricate trap [מצודת דוד, מצודת ציון, ביאור שטיינזלץ].

Delilah then cries out to wake him, warning that the Philistines are attacking. Interestingly, there is no ambush waiting in the room this time. Because Delilah had already failed the Philistines in her first two attempts, they had stopped taking her promises seriously and chose not to hide men in the chamber [מלבי״ם]. Startled from his sleep, Samson instinctively pulls his head away to escape. With the sheer force of his movement, he completely uproots the heavy weaver's peg, dragging the entire web of threads and the weaving apparatus away along with his hair [מצודת דוד, מצודת ציון, ביאור שטיינזלץ].