When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying: ``Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart'' (וַתִּרְאֶה דְּלִילָה כִּי־הִגִּיד־לָהּ אֶת־כׇּל־לִבּוֹ וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לִסְרָנֵי־פְלִשְׁתִּים לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ הַפַּעַם הַזֹּאת כִּי הִגִּיד־לִי אֶת־כׇּל־לִבּוֹ) — the betrayal is immediate and total. Delilah's summons to the Philistine lords confirms that the entire relationship was instrumental to their larger strategy. Her phrase ``come up this once'' (עֲלוּ הַפַּעַם הַזֹּאת) suggests finality and urgency; she is confident that this time will succeed because Samson has given her the true secret. The narrative reveals a complex web of betrayal: Delilah is the Philistines' agent; her intimacy with Samson is a performance masking her allegiance; her emotional appeals are calculated manipulations. Yet the narrative never explicitly judges her harshly, suggesting that in a world where Israel and Philistia are locked in conflict, her betrayal is not incomprehensible, even if tragic.

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