JALEMUS, in antiquity, a kind of mournful song, used upon occasion of death, or any other affecting accident. Hence the Greek proverbs had their original, ιλεμυς νεκροεις, or ψυχοεις, i. e. more sad or colder
than a jalemus, ως τις ιλεμυς ψυχοεις, worthy to be ranked among jalemuses.