Talk:Delilah

message: This article seems to assume prior knowledge of the story itself. It could do with a much beefier introduction. Not enough of the basics (which were the reason I came here, as I've never read the story myself).
The article also focuses too much on Delilah in art and literature.  How about some contributions from Bible scholarship and maybe Jewish tradition, the Talmud, etc.?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.88.144.85 (talk) 15:44, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Elaboration

message: One or more of the sign/s:  placed on this page without any discussion, explanation or reasoning have been removed pending further discussion. (The category :Category:Bible stories is now up for a vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Bible stories) Thank you. IZAK 11:01, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  The {} sign/s 

message: Mythic elements in the tale do not necessarily undercut a historic reality for a cultural champion, given the name Samson.
:I don't understand what this sentence means. It has the tone of a counterargument, but I don't see anything preceding this line in the article that it would be disputing. If it's a legitimate point, then the language needs to be cleaned up (e.g., "undercut" is a very odd verb in this context, and "given the name Samson" requires explanation) — but if not, then it needs to be deleted. Cribcage 15:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarity

message: .." meaning "[One who] weakened or uprooted or donkey" "Donkey"? Common sense suggests the possibility of an error in this "etymology". --Wetman 19:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just some anon vandalism that remained longer than normal, it seems. Nufy8 06:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Etymology"

message: I always presumed that Delilah was a Philistine woman, because she appeared to be 'on their side'. And I actually edited the Samson article to reflect this. 
Having done this however, I began to have doubts, and reading the text, there is no mention of Delilah's ethnic origins. The only clue is that she came from the valley of Sorek, wherever that may have been (commentators put it between Philistia and Judah, which is not helpful). she could just as easily have been a treacherous Hebrew woman.
If anyone has any clue as to the answer (perhaps there is no answer though), I'd be happy to know it.
Nick Michael 14:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Time for a Bare mentions of "Delilah" in market-driven culture article, don't you think? --Wetman 06:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Expand on what you mean?  Might just be a section in this article. And the article title could be improved. Lentower 17:01, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was Delilah a Philistine? 

message: Even leaving aside that the two "cultural references" sections are unsorted and unsourced, some of the examples seem to include only the name "Delilah" rather than referencing the biblical figure. These should be removed and, when appropriate, moved to Delilah (disambiguation). tktktk 04:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural references 

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message: Is there any mileage in asking why the Septuagint (translated from Hebrew by Greek-speaking Jews in Alexandria) insists on Dalidá? A sole example might be corruption of lambda to delta, either minuscule or majuscule, but there are a dozen examples. If it's a woman's name, the translators should have been familiar with it. Also, if Sampson fell in love with her, she's unlikely to have been a Philistine, unless it's a Romeo and Juliette type fiction. But interestingly, he went to Gaza to visit a prostitute. This might remind us of Gilgamesh (or was it Enkidu?) FangoFuficius (talk) 08:49, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dalidá?