The earliest Serial Verb Constructions in Aramaic? Verb-verb constructions with hlk ‘go’ and ʔth ‘come’ in Old Aramaic

This paper presents examples in which hlk ‘walk, go’ and ʔth ‘come’ appear multi-verb constructions conforming to the definition of asymmetrical serial verb (SVCs). In these constructions, do not be used with their concrete lexical senses as verbs constituting predicate a separate clause. Rather, they are found V1 position minor contributing an aspectual nuance immediacy major V2 position. Broader usage verbal forms Old Aramaic cognate languages is consistent source such SVCs from fusion bi-clausal constructions.