Why Delilah Was Rightly Named for Impoverishing Samson

"And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah" (Judges 16:4). Rabbi Meir used to say: even had her name not been called Delilah, she would have deserved to be called Delilah, for she impoverished [dildelah] his strength, she impoverished his heart, she impoverished his deeds. She impoverished his strength, as it is written, "and his strength went from him" (Judges 16:19). She impoverished his heart, as it is said, "And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart" (Judges 16:18). She impoverished his deeds, as it is written, "and he knew not that the LORD was departed from him" (Judges 16:20).