## she tied Samson up with them ##

"Delilah tied Samson up with the fresh bowstrings"

## he broke the bowstrings like a thread of yarn when it touches the fire ##

This compares the bowstrings which normally cannot be broken easily to something that breaks very quickly. AT: "he broke the bowstrings easily" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])