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Delilah shifts her strategy, relying on emotional manipulation and calculated phrasing to uncover the secret of Samson's immense power. She accuses him of being insincere in his affection, arguing that his love is merely superficial rather than wholehearted [מצודת דוד].

Alongside this emotional pressure, she carefully alters her line of questioning. In her previous attempts, she explicitly asked how he could be captured and bound. Now, having been tricked by him three times, she realizes that continuing to ask about tying him up will expose her partnership with the Philistine leaders who are plotting against him. To avoid suspicion, she completely drops the question about how to restrain him. Instead, she asks only about the source of his strength, framing her inquiry as innocent curiosity. She presents her request as a simple desire to understand his nature better out of a sense of intimacy, carefully hiding any motive to see him captured [מלבי״ם].