Kommentar zu Bereschit 10:9

גבור ציד A MIGHTY HUNTER — He ensnared the minds of people by his words, misleading them to rebel against the Omnipresent (Genesis Rabbah 37:2).

HE WAS A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE THE ETERNAL. He ensnared the minds of people by his words, misleading them to rebel against the Omnipresent. Therefore it is said regarding any man who brazenly acts wickedly, knowing his Master and yet intentionally rebelling against Him — it is said, “This man is like Nimrod.” Thus the language of Rashi, and so is the opinion of our Rabbis.²⁸²Bereshith Rabbah 37:2.
But Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explained the matter in the opposite way, by way of the plain meaning of Scripture, for he interpreted the verses thus: He began to be a mighty one over the animals in hunting them. Before the Eternal, Ibn Ezra explained, means that he would build altars and offer the animals as whole-offerings before G-d. But Ibn Ezra’s words do not appear to be correct, and lo he justifieth the wicked,²⁸³Proverbs 17:15. for our Rabbis knew by tradition of Nimrod’s wickedness.
The correct interpretation appears to me to be that Nimrod began to be a ruler by force over people, and he was the first monarch. Until his era there were no wars and no reigning monarchs; it was he who first prevailed over the people of Babylon until they crowned him.²⁸⁴Verse 10 here. After that he went to Assyria,²⁸⁵Verse 11. and he did according to his will, and magnified himself,²⁸⁶Daniel 8:4. and there he built fortified cities with his power and with his might. This is what Scripture intended when it said, And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel…and Accad…and Shinar.²⁸⁴Verse 10 here.

'לפני ה, on the whole globe, (seeing that G’d is omnipresent) Jonah 3,3 also means that there was no other city as populous as Nineveh on earth.