Judges 16:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Delilah saith unto Samson, ‘Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.’

King James Bible
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Hebrew
So Delilah
דְּלִילָה֙ (də·lî·lāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1807: Delilah -- Philistine mistress of Samson

said
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Samson,
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

“Please
נָּ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

tell me
הַגִּֽידָה־ (hag·gî·ḏāh-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

the source
בַּמֶּ֖ה (bam·meh)
Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

of your great
גָד֑וֹל (ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

strength
כֹּחֲךָ֣ (kō·ḥă·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

and how
וּבַמֶּ֥ה (ū·ḇam·meh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

you could be tied up
תֵאָסֵ֖ר (ṯê·’ā·sêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

and subdued.”
לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃ (lə·‘an·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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