Song of Songs (gender question)

Latin Latin Poetry
1

Inveni quem diligit anima mea

Is spoken by a woman to a man.

Is it correct to say:

Inveni quis diligit anima mea

If such would be spoken by a man to a woman?

2

The feminine equivalent of quem is quam. “I have found whom my soul loves”—quem if a male, quam if a female. As far as the Latin goes, the speaker could be either female or male.

3





There is no indication in the phrase of the gender of the person being addressed either.