'Brook of Sorek'; Arabic: وادي الصرار, romanized: Wadi al-Sirar), also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills.
Etymology suggests that "sorek" means "special vine" and refers to the grapes and wines grown in the area.
It was also the place she enticed him to tell her the secret of his strength, and where he was eventually captured by the Philistines: And Samson went to Gaza ... And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the brook/valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
[5] In the 19th century, Nahal Sorek served as an important connection between the two major cities in the area, Jaffa and Jerusalem.
Waterfalls are located on several of its tributaries, including Ayanot Dekalim in Beit Shemesh, Ein Sifla on Nahal HaMe'ara, and others.